Keeping the tempo on the Emerald Coast’s cultural scene since its founding in 2005, Sinfonia Gulf Coast continues its milestone 10^th season as the region’s only fully professional symphony orchestra by offering a stellar line-up of concerts and educational initiatives, featuring the orchestra and world-renowned guest artists.

Jamie Bernstein, daughter of famous American conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein, will return on Friday, January 29, to to host performances with Sinfonia Gulf Coast.

In the morning, she will host a program for Walton County students, titled ‘Cowboys, Caballeros and Copland’, explores the music of American composer Aaron Copland. This will be presented in conjunction with the annual ‘Paint the Music’ project, allowing students to visually interpret excerpts of music at the live Sinfonia performance.

Bernstein will also join Sinfonia during the evening performance as featured narrator for Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. Additional works include Copland’s El Salon Mexico and Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, as well as those featuring soprano Julia Bullock.

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The 2012 Sinfonia Gulf Coast Prize winner, vocalist Julia Bullock, will take the Sinfonia stage to sing selections by George Gershwin, Josephine Baker and Leonard Bernstein.

Bullock was the winner of the 2014 Naumburg International Vocal Competition, is a recipient of the 2015 Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship, a 2015 Richard F. Gold Grant from the Shoshana Foundation, and Lincoln Center’s 2015 Martin E. Segal Award. Ms. Bullock was a winner of the 2012 NYC-based Young Concert Artist finals and selected by Maestro Demetrius Fuller as the first Sinfonia Gulf Coast Prize recipient.

For more info or to purchase tickets, visit Sinfonia Gulf Coast or call 850-460-8800.